Collapsible and portable dressing room



Oct. 7, 1952 I HfTREPPA COLLAPSIBLE' AND PORTABLE DRESSING ROOM riledJune 10, 1950 INVENTOR. Helen Trap 1a ROOM The present invention rel inoutdoor sport accessories a cally, we new and inert? portable dressingroom or beaches, in connection with automobile outings, and the like.

One object of the present invention is the provision of a device of thecharacter described which is light in weight and collapsible to a smallpackage, and which can be collapsed or extended quickly and easily andwithout the use of any tools as well as without the application of anyconsiderable amount of skill.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of a device ofthe character described which is simple in construction and inexpensiveto manufacture, but which is also durable, sturdy and well adapted forwithstanding the rough usage to which devices of this type ordinarilyare subjected.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details ofconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully describedand pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may bemade in the construction and arrangements of parts without departingfrom the spiritof the invention as claimed.

In th accompanying drawing a preferred form of the invention has beenshown.

In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a preferred embodiment of my invention,fractionally in horizontal cross-section;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same fractionally in verticalcross-section;

Figure 3 is a side elevation, fractionally in vertical section;

Figure 4 is an enlarged fractional detail view of the top attachment;

Figure 5 is an enlarged fractional sectional view on the line 5-5 ofFigure l; and,

Figure 6 is an enlarged fractional sectional View on the line 6-6 ofFigure 2.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

In the drawing the numeral 2 denotes a complete dressing roomconstructed according to my invention. Its frame work consists, mainly,of four upright tubular members 4 of aluminum or the like from whoseupper portions are telescopiin-ii area 3. E1"? pf 3d no members 4. Atop"! 4 of canvas or the-like engages notches IS in the upper ends ofthe members 6, and has in its corner portions grommets 18 from whichextend reinforcement strips 20 which are secured to the edge portions ofthe top M. The side walls 20 of the device preferably consist of a sheetof canvas, or of any other suitable foldable material, and are laidaround the posts formed by the extended members 4 and 6. Loop members 24are secured to the sheet 22 adjacent said posts, and the latter areextended therethrough.

Thus the sheet 22 forms on said posts a rear wall portion, side wallportions, and a front wall portion. A cross member 26; which preferablyis tubular, is extended along said rear wall portion, and cross members28 are extended along said side wall portions between the upper portionsof the members 4, from which extend laterally short pins 29 upon whichare stuck the ends of the parts 26 and 28.

Said front wall portion preferably is formed by the end portions 30 and32 of the sheet 22, which end portions partially overlap each other andare provided with any suitable fasteners 34 for holding them inoverlapping position. Thus the sheet end portions 30 and 32 constitutedoors, which can be opened by unfastening from each other theiroverlapping extremities, and which can be closed by the parts 34 afteraperson has entered the device.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and differentembodiments of the invention could be made without departing from thescope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the abovedescription or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted asillustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claim is intended tocover all of the generic and specific features of the invention hereindescribed, and all statements'of the scope of the invention which as amatter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

Having thus fully described my said invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent in the UnitedStates is:

A device of the character described comprising four upright tubularmembers having lateral perforations in their upper portions, horizontalv spacing members having their ends detachably connected to pairs ofsaid tubular members and 3 being rightangularly disposed to each other,a tube being slidable in each of said tubular members and having in oneend portion a lateral perforation, while its other end portion isprovided with a notch, a pin being radially slidable in each of thelateral perforations of said tubes and adapted for extending into thelateral perforation at the upper end of one of said tubular members,resilient means provided in said tubes being adapted for forcing saidpins through the lateral perforations of said tube into the lateralperforations of said tubular members so that each of said tubularmembers forms with each of said tubes partially extended therefrom anupright post, and said posts forming with said spacing members aright-angular upright frame .4 encompassing portions of said postsextended between the main portions of said straps and the inner side ofsaid sheet, a horizontal sheet having perforated corner portions inregistering alignment with the upper ends of tubes, grommets throughwhich extend the upper ends of said tubes and which engage the notcheson said tubes being secured to the perforated corner portions ofsaid-horizontal sheet, and reinforcement strips extending from saidgrommets being secured to the edges of said horizontal sheet. HELENTREPPA.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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